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Old 10-14-2009, 09:31 AM
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Re: The beginning of the end for P2Ps/Torrent Sites?
The link to that page is down. It's an interesting argument but I wonder how many 'lost sales' there really are. Doing your calculations based on how many people theoretically would have bought your book if they hadn't checked it out is very dubious. And again, I'd argue it works both ways. I've bought books that I had rented for free because I liked them so much, or bought books from the same author, etc. The problem with this logic is that it basically says that everyone who has ever lent a book, CD, movie, etc. is a criminal. Do we really want to go down this path?